Kumusta Francis Family,
This week has
been a really great week. On Tuesday we had zone conference with all the
mission in Laoag, so I received some really good inspiration and
motivation. I am super excited and I love the things I learned. They
talked about how hard a mission is, and how we all have hard times and
we all really struggle and we all get frustrated sometimes, we just need
to be patient and pray hard and the Lord will help always. Something else I really liked is that God has a work for all of us to
do. That's true, God has a work for everybody to do, and mine is to bring
others unto Christ and baptism. One of my favorite youtube videos I've
been watching is the Atonement and Missionary Work. It really uplifts me
when I am down and just have no hope.
This is some of a talk from
Elder Jeffery R. Holland and he says: I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. How
could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy
for Him? It seems to me that missionaries and mission leaders have to
spend at least a few moments in Gethsemane. Missionaries and mission
leaders have to take at least a step or two toward the summit of
Calvary. For
that reason I don’t believe missionary work has ever been easy, nor
that conversion is, nor that retention is, nor that continued
faithfulness is. I believe it is supposed to require some effort,
something from the depths of our soul.
If
He could come forward in the night, kneel down, fall on His face, bleed
from every pore, and cry, “Abba, Father (Papa), if this cup can pass,
let it pass,” 16 then
little wonder that salvation is not a whimsical or easy thing for us.
If you wonder if there isn’t an easier way, you should remember you are
not the first one to ask that. Someone a lot greater and a lot grander asked a long time ago if there wasn’t an easier way.
It
really is so true. Missionary work is not supposed to be easy because
salvation is not a cheap experience. I just need to think about the
things the Lord has done for me and I need to do the same back, give all
my time and effort into this work and just do the best I can. This week
really has been a better week and I have been praying a lot more and
relying on the Atonement a lot more and thinking Jesus Christ has felt
and suffered all of my trials and my afflictions and wants me to be
happy and to do the best I can.
Thank you for all of the advice, I will
just be patient and pray a lot, transfers are tomorrow and Elder Aribbay
is getting transferred to Cabugao and I am staying here in Piddig with
Elder Liska as my next companion. He is crazy and really loud, but the
most hard working missionary ever, he finds at least 50 new
investigators a week, he really is very MASIPAG, and he loves the work.
So I will learn a lot from him and enjoy being his next companion.
It
sounds like you guys been having a fun week, Emily and soccer, and
school, dad didn't have to travel this week, and mom is enjoying staying
home. Go out as a family and have fun for Spring Break, go take a break
from work and go have fun, take the family and all go do something fun.
Emily is so close to being done with school that is so crazy and how
fast school year has gone by and how fast summer is coming. Dad
is enjoying work and enjoying time off, and mom is off work for a
little bit, go take a fun trip somewhere. Have fun like I am here in the
Philippines. I love being here and am enjoying the work and being a
servant of the Lord and being able to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ
to the people here in Piddig. I know that this church is the only
true living church today, and even if my language is still not that
good, at least I can share my testimony with others and that it will touch
the hearts of those I teach.
I really miss you guys a ton and love you all,
Ay-Ayaten ka or Mahal Kita
Elder Francis
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